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ISP News Archives for October 2013

Most UK Video Game Devs Oppose ISP Internet Disconnection for Piracy

28th Oct 2013 (2 Comments)

The Government’s much delayed Digital Economy Act (DEAct) has long threatened the possibility of Internet speed restrictions or even disconnection towards those who ignore broadband ISP warnings to stop downloading “illegal” copyright content. But a new survey of video game developers found that 73% disagreed with this approach.

UPDATE2 Storm Causes Broadband and Power Problems in South UK

28th Oct 2013 (9 Comments)

The St Jude’s Day storm, which has this morning crashed its way across the southern and midlands region of England and Wales (United Kingdom), has so far left over 200,000 homes without power and an unknown number have also lost their broadband and telephone connectivity. Not to mention mass travel disruption.

LINX Helps Scotland Launch Own Dedicated Internet Exchange IXP

28th Oct 2013 (7 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), a central hub for most of the Internet traffic that both comes into and goes out of the United Kingdom, has announced that Scotland’s first dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP) will go live within the next few days. Wales will be next.

BT Infinity UK Superfast Broadband Packages Add £100 Sainsburys Card

28th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

New customers taking one of BT’s standard broadband or FTTC based superfast broadband (BTInfinity) packages will for the next week be able to gain a Sainsbury’s Gift Card worth either £50 or £100 respectively. BT has also decided to rename some of their TV packages.

UK FTTH Fibre Optic Broadband ISP Connections Pass 186500 Premises

28th Oct 2013 (15 Comments)

The latest information on coverage of true fibre optic broadband (FTTH/P/B) connections in the United Kingdom suggests that the market hasn’t moved much since the end of 2012. The latest count for June 2013 records a total of 186,500 premises have now been passed by the ultrafast (100Mbps+) connection method.

BT Openreach Confirm Commercial Launch for Fibre Based GEA Multicast

26th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced that its GEA Multicast product, which is a point-to-multipoint network layer service that enables operators to deliver IP data streams (e.g. IPTV traffic) more efficiently to their customers, will finally become a full commercial product on 25th November 2013.

O2 Wholesale UK Announce Plans to Close Broadband Platform

25th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has confirmed that its O2/BE Wholesale platform, which was retained after Sky (Sky Broadband) gobbled up the providers fixed line broadband and phone customers earlier this year, will now be closed in February 2014.

ISP PlusNet UK Confirms BT Sport TV Launch for Broadband Users

25th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

PlusNet has confirmed that their residential broadband subscribers will gain access to the BTSport TV service from 5th November 2013. But you’ll need the Sky Digital TV (Satellite) platform in order to view it.

UPDATE RightMove Begin Showing Typical Broadband Speeds for UK Homes

25th Oct 2013 (4 Comments)

RightMove, the popular online property sales database, has this week enhanced its existing service by showing “typical” broadband speeds at each of the 1 million+ UK homes listed on its website.

ISP TalkTalk Claim Cheapest UK Triple Play Broadband with Essentials TV

25th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has officially introduced its new triple-play Essentials TV (phone, broadband and television) bundle today, which at £7.50 per month has managed to carve out a small space between their £2.50 SimplyBroadband and £10 Plus TV services. The primary difference appears to be in the free calls and budget YouView (IPTV) set-top-box.

Virgin Media UK Radically Softens Broadband Traffic Management Policy

25th Oct 2013 (12 Comments)

Cable provider Virgin Media appears to have once again been forced to tweak its broadband Traffic Management Policy (TMP) after fresh concerns were raised about whether or not their restrictions were moderate enough for an “unlimited” service. As a result the operator has cut its max peak time speed reduction for downloads from -40% to just -16%.

The Cloud Deploy FREE Wireless Internet in Welsh Hospitals

24th Oct 2013 (2 Comments)

Public WiFi Hotspot operator The Cloud (BSkyB) has entered into a new partnership with the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABM) that has already resulted in a free wireless internet service being deployed across several of the groups hospitals in Wales.

Shropshire Name First BDUK and BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

24th Oct 2013 (0 Comments)

The £24.6 million state aid supported Connecting Shropshire project, which aims to roll-out BT’s fibre broadband (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (excludes Telford & Wrekin), has today named the “first rural communities to benefit“.

Virgin Media UK Replace Broadband Security Software with F-Secure SAFE

24th Oct 2013 (5 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media are replacing their existing security solution for broadband customers with the new cloud-based software from F-Secure SAFE, which will be free for one year (£7.50 per quarter thereafter) and aims to protect customers from harmful apps, viruses and other online malware.

UPD Ofcom Report 73% of the United Kingdom Can Get Superfast Broadband

24th Oct 2013 (76 Comments)

The latest annual telecoms Infrastructure Report update from Ofcom has claimed that 73% of UK homes and businesses are now within reach of an NGA superfast broadband (30Mbps+) connection, which is up from 67.9% at the last update in May (here) and 65% in 2012. Uptake has also climbed to around 4.8m customers from 2.1m last year (out of 21.7m total broadband connections).

Fixed Wireless 4G LTE Broadband Networks Face Challenges in Rural Areas

24th Oct 2013 (10 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Analysys Mason has warned that operators like EE, which will soon launch a new Home Fixed Wireless service using its 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) Mobile Broadband technology to help connect isolated rural areas in the United Kingdom, will face a number of challenges not least with the high cost of mobile data.

UK Broadband ISP Cotswold Satellite Ceases Trading

24th Oct 2013 (1 Comment)

Internet provider Cotswold Satellite (Company No. 08182706) has confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that the business, which operates in a market full of samey clone ISPs with near-identical prices and speeds, officially agreed to cease trading over one month ago.